From a Basement to the Corporate World
Williams Sound has been “helping people hear” for 30 years—and it’s just getting started.
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Author: Hearing Review Staff
A Premium Product Manufacturer
The president of the 40-year-old, family-ownedand- operated Magnatone wants audiologists to know that his company offers a comprehensive line of hearing health care products.
Read MoreHEARING LOSS: ONE HAIR AT A TIME
Mead Killion, president and founder of Etymotic Research Inc, Elk Grove Village, Ill, has spent a good portion of his life studying hearing loss and developing ways to overcome it.
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Hear the Other Side
Providing help for patients diagnosed with Single-Sided Deafness due to acoustic neuroma
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Creating the Perfect Fit
MedRx, Largo, Fla, first burst onto the hearing health care scene with the introduction of its video otoscope, which went on to become a standard in the industry.
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Emergency Response
Once again, the nation has witnessed a crisis of major proportions. This time it came in the form of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, battering several states in the Gulf Coast, leaving devastation in their wake. While the primary sources of public n
Read MoreBatteries: To Dry Or Not To Dry?
A review of the benefits of using hearing aid drying devices to prolong battery life. The Dry & Store hearing aid drying device was introduced in 1997. Battery manufacturers are continually striving to meet the demands of today’s sop
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Better Tools For the Job
Chris Perkins, founder and CEO of Lightning Enterprises, reflects on his company’s decade of growth and position in the hearing industry. Recently the staff of Hearing Products Report (HPR) had the opportunity to discuss the evolution of
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A Dedicated Life
Leon C. Hirsch, chariman, turns his own hearing loss into a gain for others. Very few people can say they have created a new medical paradigm, but Leon C. Hirsch has managed to do just that—three times. Hirsch founded United States Surg
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Uniting the Past, the Present, and the Future
Ralph T. Campagna proudly carries on running the family “hearingwear” business he and his father established in 1984. Ralph T. Campagna (left) and his father, Ralph, launched United Hearing Systems in 1984. The elder Campagna died in
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Reflections
This holiday season, take a moment and reflect on the importance of communication. Civilization itself was built on humanity’s ability to communicate. It’s essential to anyone who’s ever expressed a thought, personally, artisticall
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Embracing the World Market
Hansaton Hearing Systems poises itself to become a bigger fish in the pond by expanding its presence in the United States. Rainer Kerscheck is Hansaton’s export manager for international markets. When Rudolf Fischer founded Hansaton Hea
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Gaining Some Insight
Nanci Link-Ellis uses her own experiences to change the way deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals view films. Nanci Link-Ellis I have been deaf since I was 10 years old. I grew up in a family that was involved in the entertainment industry, an
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Fitting the Mold
At Perfect Seal, life revolves around earmolds: the traditional, the unique, and even the out-of-the-ordinary. Hearing Products Report (HPR): When was Perfect Seal founded? Who founded the company? Michael Martinez: [I founded] Perfect Seal i
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Creating the Future
Creating accurate and convenient screening audiometry solutions was just the beginning for the innovative team at Otovation. Dave Davis, president and CEO of OTOVATION, recently spoke with the staff of Hearing Products Report. Hearing Produc
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